The Ball at Your Feet

The game ended soon. If there is anything else that satisfies Deschamps, it is that Monaco did not make any mistakes in the next half of the game and maintained the tie of this game.

But for Monaco it is a failure. At home, Juventus has not yet gone all out, but Monaco can only win a draw. Such a situation is already very unacceptable.

With the sound of the whistle, Deschamps also walked towards Lippi.

"Sir, your transfer always makes me feel insignificant." Deschamps and Lippi shook hands and added a compliment.

"Your wisdom is not worse than mine. It just takes time to rub your sharp edges and corners." Lippi smiled, "Your team is very good. If you can be more careful, they are fully capable of going. Fighting for the championship."

"I hope as you said." Deschamps agreed and looked at the players who walked into the player passage.

The players are there, exchanging their jerseys.

Nedved’s jersey was taken away by Giuli, and Rothen asked for Trezeguet’s jersey. Zhao Yaning originally went to Buffon-after all, Buffon is one of his favorite players-but Roma preemptively changed jerseys with Buffon. And Zhao Yaning had no choice but to go back and exchange jerseys with Piero.

There is no pride or frustration on the players' faces. This kind of calmness and reservedness is what Deschamps has always hoped for the team: calmness is the greatest motivation for the team to move forward.

"Sir, I hope that next year, when we are playing, we will be playing in the Champions League, not in friendly matches."

After changing his clothes in the locker room, Zhao Yaning still found an opportunity, put on his glasses, and checked his newly obtained card.

But after entering the system, he was stunned here.

Because what appeared in front of him was a strange card.

‘The host gets a black and white card, and some skins. ’

'The card ability is: black demon, if the host takes a penalty kick obtained by flopping, the penalty kick ability +5. White luck can be combined with another card. Inzaghi in the penalty area becomes a white combination card. Because of a fall. A teammate can be designated. After a teammate falls, the host will have a 100% hit rate for the penalty kick. ’

Because of a fall? Do you really take the combination of Inzaghi and Piero as an idiom? This kind of joke is too much, right? And, how come there are black and white cards?

‘Piero played for Juventus all his life and is an icon of the Zebras. He has always been wearing a black and white jersey, so naturally he should have a black and white card. The two abilities of the point card are incomplete and can't be regarded as a complete card, and only when they are combined can they show the characteristics of this player. ’

Such an explanation is also appropriate...

"But why, I got either a black card or a white card in these two games? Can't you give me two cards to enhance my abilities?"

‘If the level of the game is not enough, the cards obtained will be black or white. If the host wants to get the ability card, please participate in a higher level competition. ’

It turns out that high-level cards can only appear in high-level matches, but in friendly matches, they won't appear... I thought I could get more good cards by playing friendly matches with strong teams.

Zhao Yaning complained bitterly, and he decided to put this card on the shelf and not use it. Although a penalty goal is also a goal, but because of a flop? Zhao Yaning actually hopes that there is no such phenomenon in his team. After all, it is cheating on penalty kicks, no matter when, what to do next. Like that Qiuba Wushuang, this kind of card is best if it is useless for a lifetime.

And this mocking attitude towards Piero also made Zhao Yaning very unhappy. Although Piero did not play very well in the past two years, no matter what, he was also the leading star in Serie A that year, and when it comes to the concept of shadow forward, only Baggio and Piero interpreted the best. Others play the shadow front, either the fake forward hiding outside the penalty area, or the fake front midfielder who likes to plug in, and can really do everything in this position. Zhao Yaning thinks that only Baggio, Piero, plus Bergkamp, ​​the last player to play in the Premier League. Such an outstanding player is said to be like this, he is very upset.

In the final analysis, no matter how advanced the system is, it is just a game, and what really determines a person's strength must be a real game.

Within a few days, August arrived. August 3 is the start of the Ligue 1 league, and the team has also entered a tight date.

This season, Monaco does not have the task of the Champions League, only domestic leagues and cups can be played. From this season, the French League has expanded to 20 teams, and the competition has become 38 games, but the tasks of the French Cup and the French League Cup have not been reduced at all.

Fortunately, at this time, the French Cup has not affected Monaco. The competition system of the French Cup is relatively close to that of the United Kingdom. Everyone is a two-cup competition, and there is a cup competition in which teams of all levels from across the country participate together. Moreover, the so-called national in France not only includes the amateur teams of the regional leagues, but also includes four overseas provinces, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Reunion.

The French Cup game is divided into 14 rounds-the length of this game system, even English football can only be expected, the FA Cup, but only eight rounds. But for Ligue 1, the first eight rounds of the game have nothing to do with them, because it was a French low-level league game, and all levels of the league joined in level by level. For example, the third round of the E-level team joined in the third round of the competition, Joined in the fourth round of the game, joined the fifth round of the C-level team, and joined the second-level match at the end.

Generally speaking, by the time the Ligue 1 teams compete, it is already January of the following year.

And the French Cup game, there is another interesting point: because it is a game that determines the outcome, the right to fight at home is a very important power. Therefore, in Ligue 1, the power to fight at home is generally determined by drawing lots, but if the level difference between the two teams is more than two levels, then there must be a low-level team to fight at home.

This game is not a concern for Monaco this year at least, so no one of them has to think too much about the game that will start the game four months later.

The same goes for the French League Cup. Although this cup is not highly valued and only has six short rounds, it is also a very important championship.

The first and second rounds of the French League Cup are played in the French Second Division and the French Third Division. Among them, six teams have entered the top sixteen. Then, in the third round of the match, the Ligue 1 teams fought two by two, and ten teams that entered the top sixteen were decided. The rest of the game is the standard knockout format. Unlike the United Kingdom, the venue for the French League Cup is determined by drawing lots, until the final is guessed to be held at the French Stadium, and all matches are also single-game elimination systems.

It's just that this gold cup, which was worn in 1995, is very short in the history of French football. Because of this, the honor of this gold cup is not valued by many people. After all, compared to the French Cup, which was awarded by the President of France himself, the fineness of the French League Cup is somewhat inadequate.

But this season, Monaco's goal is not to let go of the three gold cups, and strive to get them all.

"I don't like to let others say that we are deliberately evading the cup. Give up two fronts and only play in the league? Maybe in some people's mouth, that is a mature and wise performance, but in my opinion, it is a lack of self Confident performance." Deschamps looked at his players, paused before continuing, "We will not give up on any front, because we are sports players. As your coach, I can teach you a lot. But it definitely does not include how to give up this one. If we give up the Cup this year on the excuse of lack of strength, then next year, we will give up the league championship on the excuse of lack of strength, and set the goal to win the European war. When it comes to the European war, we will also excuse strength. Insufficient, give up all the European wars, come back and continue to play in the league... We can’t play our opponents, that’s our lack of strength, but we can tell the fans that we did our best. If we give up, then, when the fans scold us, what do we say? Say we are a group of slackers and don’t want to play more games? I can’t say that, and I believe you are the same. I don’t want football like that. Striving for victory with all my strength is the highest goal of competitive sports, a means outside of sports , We can’t use it, but as long as it is a goal within sports, we must fight for it. I hope that none of you in this room will be lazy in the cup midway through the season on the grounds that the game is too tired and too hard. "

After Deschamps finished talking about this, he started to deploy the game without giving everyone time to remember.

"Our goal is the Ligue 1 championship. And our biggest enemies are Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain."

Deschamps' words are not aimless.

It goes without saying that Paris Saint-Germain has Ronaldinho there. In this World Cup, he used his outstanding skills to let the world recognize his strength. The goal against England is a microcosm of his skills. He is such a terrifying man. As long as he is on the court, you never know what he wants to do next. Their results last year were not very good, but they also won the Toto Cup championship and the third place in the league. Although Paris does not regard such results as an honor, the results at least reflect their strength.

In addition, the biggest opponent is naturally the Lyon team.

In the summer reform of the competition system, Olas thoroughly let people see the strength he has accumulated over the years, and while he showed his influence, the Lyon team under his rule also showed great confidence and strength. , Trying to defend the league championship.

Since Marseille, no one has been able to defend the Ligue 1 championship, but if you look at the reasons, one of the most important reasons is that since 1993, any Ligue 1 team that has won the championship will have a big deal in the summer. Sell ​​the outstanding players in the team in exchange for cash. While buying people, there are still some people who try to challenge the honour of the Champions League outside of Ligue 1, and the result is naturally a mess.

But after winning the championship last year, Lyon showed their confidence: throughout the summer, they did not sell a main force.

No one knows what kind of strength a defending champion whose main lineup is intact.

"But we also have an advantage. The biggest advantage is that Ronaldinho lives in Paris, and the coach of the Lyon team is already the head coach of the French team."

These two are the biggest weakness of these two teams.

Although Paris Saint-Germain owns Ronaldinho, they cannot manage him well. This football elf's life is so irregular. The news of his partying in the nightclub has almost become a regular section of the team report.

Of course, Ronaldinho would also defend himself. He often said that he didn't indulge himself in nightclubs, but just went there to sing, listen to songs, and indulge in the world of music: but what about even just listening to songs? He often stayed in nightclubs until dawn, and naturally he couldn’t participate in the next day’s training. This style of behavior, let alone listening to music, even listening to the Bible in the church, Paris Saint-Germain is also intolerable. .

Last season, they had an Okocha at any rate, which could help them win some results. As an African midfielder, Okocha's creativity and technical level are eye-catching. If it weren't for his weird hatred of being unwilling to play for giants, he would have gone to play for giants in other leagues a long time ago. Paris sits on such a good player without cherishing it. After losing Okocha this season, it is too late to regret it.

Furthermore, their other star, Anelka, also left. Although he had a lot of trouble when he was in Paris, now after he went to Manchester City, where can Paris find a player of the same level?

Losing two important players and placing hope on Ronaldinho’s growth is a big gamble.

Lyon is facing another problem.

The Lyon team lost their coach Santini this summer. The coach who led the Lyon team to the first league championship in team history has also undergone a huge change in his identity this summer: with the French team losing the World Cup, it is imperative for France to change coaches. The new French head coach was no longer selected from the National Football Technical Steering Committee, but directly recruited the Lyon champion coach. Santini had to resign from the position of coach of the club to become the coach of the national team.

Is this a compromise between the Football Association and the club, or is it a new round of conspiracy and tricks by Olas? De is not yet clear. He is not the chairman of the club, and he doesn't bother to manage the messy factional struggles of the club. He only knows that the Football Association is always a monitor on the head of French football, as long as they can guarantee that there will be no match-fixing cases, that is enough.

These things are naturally very encouraging for the players. Monaco does not have the support of Canal+, the big consortium behind Paris, nor does it have the confidence and strength of Lyon, but at least, the dressing room in Monaco is harmonious enough, and the restless elements here have been expelled by Deschamps, and here will not be faced like Lyon. Turbulent, Deschamps is a quick-tempered person. He never hides anything when he does things. Therefore, the players here do not have to worry about what they do inadvertently provoke the head coach-as long as the rules nailed in the dressing room Regulations, other things, Deschamps never cares.

"Moreover, next season, we will have one person on the team. Panucci has already called me, and he will return to our team and fight with us again."

The news made people happier. Of course the team is happy to have a real big star staying on the team.

Panucci’s question went on for a long time, and finally he got the promise of Panucci’s return to Monaco, which was not easy. After the World Cup, Panucci received a lot of accusations in Italy. In this World Cup, he and Maldini appeared in the worst team at the same time. Maldini is well-known and well-connected in Italy, and Milan is again In Italy's most popular media, he naturally won't be criticized. And Panucci doesn't have these things to protect the body. As a duo of Milan who has played for the Milan duo at the same time, but the pinnacle is precisely in a foreign country, he is a perfect target.

This makes Panucci very dissatisfied, even if he really does not perform well, is it his responsibility to be eliminated in Italy? If the Koreans played like that, even if Beckenbauer came, they would not be able to win. And it's true that he is not good, Maldini, Cannavaro, Nesta, who of them is outstanding? But in the end, what's the matter of holding onto a Panucci?

It is said that Panucci made up his mind because Capello was asked a question in an interview recently: If he were to leave Rome, who would he most want to take away from the current lineup?

After thinking about it for a long time, Capello gave the answer: Emerson.

This answer made Panucci very dissatisfied. He feels that he is Capello's direct line, and his followers Capello have not been easy to break through for many years. What's more, he was so unlucky in the World Cup competition, it is when the support of others is urgently needed. Capello didn't support him at this time, which also made him retreat.

Back in Ligue 1, although he had to apologize to Deschamps, his position was stable enough. And at this time, avoiding the hustle and bustle of Italian football and playing abroad is not a bad thing.

Seeing the players happy, Deschamps did sigh softly. Some words are enough to say half, but he dare not say what the real situation is.

Paris has indeed lost a lot of people, and only Ronaldinho is left. But Ronaldinho's kind of player is not someone who takes a long time to make a serious effort to be effective. In a 90-minute game, he only needs to shine for one minute, which is enough to determine the outcome of the game. Such a person is always a huge threat.

And Lyon did change the head coach, but this does not mean their decline. The name Paul Legon is more terrifying than Santini in a sense.

That young coach is the digger of Roundup and the founder of Rennes. His coaching strategy is very simple and clear: he does not advocate a beautiful offense, nor does he like simple passing. What he is passionate about is excellent defense, hard-working pressure, and endless full-court pressing, and the brute force of muscle supremacy. football.

That kind of kicking method may not be very effective if it is to meet a strong team, but in Ligue 1, when facing a weak team, it is indeed the most effective method. After all, strong defense and strong muscles are indeed the only way to seek stability in the long league.

This season's Lyon, let go of Vivienne, and ushered in Mohamed Diarra. And look at the names of the players who were rumored with them, Drogba, Malouda, Essien, Reviere... Obviously, they are following the meaning of Regon and preparing to form a powerful melee army. .

The Ligue 1 coach who admired the most repressive football, found a winning supremacy chairman Olas, their minions began to gradually show up.

Next season, it's not necessarily the result.

Because Monaco's first game was an away game, the training on the day before the game ended very early and I was going to Troyes the next day. Zhao Yaning did not leave. He set up a dummy wall on the training ground and performed free kick training by himself.

Although coach Petit said that he doesn't have to practice free kicks, Zhao Yaning always feels that there is no harm in training. Although free kicks are indeed not a necessary element to determine the game, after a season, the first penalty shooter can score five or six free kicks even if it is the sky, but this trick is practiced, and it can really give people a lot of money. His confidence and satisfaction, after all, other techniques require the cooperation of his teammates to get to the level, and free kicks are a tactic that can create miracles on their own.

For his training, Petit coach did not say much. Free kick training is different from physical training. It does not take much physical strength and energy, and does not cause much load to the human body. It is not a huge consumption for players to practice for an hour a day.

And coach Petit not only didn't stop him, but also gave him some ideas: For example, coach Petit suggested that he set the distance of the wall at seven meters-although UEFA stipulated that the penalty spot is 9.15 meters, but Coach Petit told him that, generally speaking, the position of the human wall will be forward, and some exercises closer to it are more practical. He also told him that this training method is French famous Platini. Original.

With the help of coach Petit and the help of Juninho in the system, Zhao Yaning's free kick technique can be said to have improved significantly. Before the arrival of the new season, his free kick technique has risen a bit, reaching 17.

"If you insist on training like this for two more years, your level will be able to catch up with the level when I first arrived in France." Juninho also gave this evaluation when he looked at Zhao Yaning's training. The progress in the future is not determined by the footwork. All kinds of playing styles are easy to come by, and in response to temporary changes in the actual situation, I can only master the ability after the age of thirty. And besides me, I have not seen it. Who has this ability, Ronaldinho and Piero have been close, but they have not been able to fully understand. Miha and Beckham are just a trick, although the level is not bad, but the realm is not high. You can reach it when you are less than 20 years old. Their realm will do. In the future practice, take your time, don't worry, and have ten years of work, and you can grind out your state of mind."

Juninho's words gave Zhao Yaning a lot of motivation. Although he didn't understand the realm of Juninho, he had heard of the realm of blades in the woods and plants in martial arts novels.

If I have that ability...what else should I worry about?

"Hey, I said, when are you going to train? Why are you still practicing here? I've been waiting for you at the door for a long time, are you still ready to come out?"

Suddenly, the voice of a **** the training ground made Zhao Yaning turn his head in amazement, "Alizee?"

The girl’s bright smile is right in front of her, her expression is flying with a trace of absolute confidence and pride, “Yes, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Don’t you plan to buy me a cup of coffee?”